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RE: Part Time Insurance?
Welcome to the forums! Allstate will let me suspend the liability portion of my insurance and go down to comprehensive only during months when the RV is parked, which saves quite a bit. I actually stopped using that because I sometimes use the RV with short notice at any time of the year. But such a feature might save you some money. Check to see if Progressive has it or switch to another insurance like Allstate that does.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/18/13 09:40am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Brrr.
I should say that my attitude towards creature comforts has changed considerably since that time.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/17/13 08:09pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Brrr.
-30F while camping in the Superior NF in Minnesota Jan. 1977 - in a sleeping bag under the stars.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/17/13 06:39pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: West side of Colorado
Do you fish and love great mountain scenery? Then go to the Flat Tops. My son and I were just up there with a guide earlier this week and we loved it. I've lived in Colorado for almost 30 years and I have a new favorite place. Sorry I can't help you with a campground however, we stayed at a motel in Steamboat.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/14/13 08:32pm |
RV Parks, National Parks, State Campgrounds & More
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RE: Adding a water filter can I use Pex Fittings on this hose
I had some of that in my last motorhome. I used barb fittings with hose clamps.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/08/13 10:13pm |
Fifth-Wheels
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RE: Easiest route from Aurora, CO to Grand Junction, CO
I-70 is really the only reasonable route. Just drive it at your own pace, and gear down on the downgrades.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/08/13 07:19pm |
Roads and Routes
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RE: New tires
I would start out the response to your question by asking what you are budgeting for the new tires, or whether cost is not a concern.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/06/13 07:38pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: The most remote RV camping
The most remote place that I have taken a class A RV to is Rainbow Lakes Campground in the Roosevelt National Forest outside of Nederland CO. The road into it is 6 miles of ONE lane jeep road. The campground is right up against the continental divide at 10,000 feet and the fishing is great. The RV? A '72 Winnebago Indian.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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06/04/13 07:59pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: TOP*****10*****RV/TV*****PRODUCTS
1. Oxygenics shower head
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/31/13 10:38am |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Dinners without a refrigerator
Spam and Vienna Sausages bring back great memories.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/28/13 11:17pm |
Camp Cooks and Connoisseurs
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RE: amish rebulit frig location. help.
I have ordered from David Force of RV Cooling Unit Warehouse in the past and I would recommend him to anyone, he sells Amish cooling units and I'm sure he could help you find an installer if you need one.
DanLeaAnn, I believe David has his cooling units made by an Amish company. I suppose their aversion to AC may give the Amish reason to have expertise in absorption refrigeration technology.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/22/13 07:47pm |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: Something I Read
Seems like a good Father's Day present.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 09:31pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: generator wierdness
Thanks, spritz, we love it.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 09:23pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: dometic fridge intermittent
I notice you are in Ontario? What was the temperature where you were at when the fridge was acting up?
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 08:41pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: generator wierdness
Could be several problems, start by making sure that it has adequate fuel flow and the carburetor isn't fouled.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 08:25pm |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Battery life
Some of the hydrometers sold in stores aren't very accurate. I had one that I had to throw away. I replaced it with one I got at a battery company which was about three times the price, but I trust the readings.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 08:19pm |
Tech Issues
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RE: Something I Read
In some national forest campgrounds the water is supplied by a well with a hand pump. I use 6-gallon jugs. It is a bit of a challenge to get the stream of water accurately into the spout of the jug, especially if you are pumping and holding the jug at the same time. Don't use a funnel, it just slows down the flow of the water. Some people use electric pumps to get the water from the jug into the gravity fill port, but I do it the old-fashioned way.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 08:10pm |
RVing in Canada and Alaska
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RE: What do you DIY'ers use to jack and secure your rig?
I use Rhino ramps rather than jacks. They seems more secure to me. I don't have air though so I don't know how that would affect the use of ramps.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/20/13 10:14am |
Class A Motorhomes
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RE: Question for the Battery Experts
If a battery isn't holding a charge as well in terms of its voltage, then it's not a good idea to wire it in parallel with stronger batteries because the difference in voltage creates a differing potential which will cause current to flow from the stronger battery to the weaker one while the batteries are sitting.
However, you say that the older battery still holds a full charge, which I take to mean that it reaches a full charging voltage of around 12.6 volts. In that case, it does no harm to use the battery to increase your amp hour capacity during discharge. If it has different, maybe less, capacity then your CG's, the different sets of batteries will discharge in proportion to their differing capacities. I have several banks of batteries with differing capacities. I don't wire the batteries directly in parallel, however, they are in separate compartments.
Charging, however, may be a different story. The gel cell may have different charging voltage requirements than your CG's, so charging them together from the same converter may be a problem. The gel cell may also have a different resistance than the GCs, so it will grab a different proportion of the charging amperage. In other words the differing batteries may not charge evenly. I partly solve this problem by isolating my separate battery banks from each other during charging with relays. I use a separate charger for my AGMs.
The fact that you are also charging from solar panels adds another complication to using different batteries if all of them are tied in to the same circuit from a single controller.
But my main point is, if you have an additional battery available, why not use it? You can always charge it separately.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/19/13 10:59am |
Tech Issues
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RE: Goodyear Marathons Made in China?
When discussing tires it is easy to be stuck in the past when Goodyears were Goodyears, Michelins were Michelins, made in America was made in America and China bombs were China bombs. The world has become a much more complicated place and those ideas just aren't true anymore. No matter what brand tire you buy, it is the DOT code and not the brand that tells you where the tire was made. And it is the factory where it was manufactured and the workers who made it, not the country, that determine if it is a quality tire.
Miles
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Son of Norway
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05/18/13 07:12pm |
Towing
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